Use of robust regression algorithms for better prediction body weight (BW) is receiving increased attention. The present study therefore aimed at predicting BW from chest circumference, breed and sex a total 1,012 goats. animals comprised 332 matured West African Dwarf (WAD) (197 bucks 135 does), 374 Red Sokoto (RS) (216 158 does) 306 Sahel (SH) (172 134 randomly selected in Nasarawa State, nor...

ENGLISH/ANGLAIS] Affiliations: Department of Veterinary Surgery and Theriogenology, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, NIGERIA * Email Address for Correspondence/ Adresse de courriel pour la correspondance: ucheosuagwuh@gmai l.com Accepted/Accepté: February, 2014 Full Citation: Osuagwuh U. Haematological response of West African Dwarf Bucks experimentally infected with Trypanoso...

a study was undertaken to determine effect of nutritional value of melon husk (mh) and palm oil slurry (pos) on quality of chevon obtained from west african dwarf (wad) goats fed finishing diets as follows: diet 1(0% mh, 0% pos); diet 2 (50% mh, 0% pos); diet 3 (0% mh, 50% pos) and diet 4 (50% mh, 50% pos), along with panicum maximum as basal diet for all dietary treatment groups. after 60 days...

Abstract Background This study was conducted to evaluate the impact of time feeding on performance WAD goats during pregnancy, and assess how dam affect growth their kids’ postpartum. Twelve (12) pregnant does were used in pre-partum postpartum, same 12 lactating kids (1 kid per doe) used. The dams randomly distributed into three treatments fed once daily either morning, noon, or evening at 060...

The assessment of anaesthetic and clinical indices of multimodal therapy of propofol, xylazine, and ketamine was done in West African Dwarf (WAD) goat. Sixteen healthy male WAD goats were assigned into four treatment groups, namely, control (group A) (ketamine 5 mg/kg + xylazine 0.05 mg/kg), group B (propofol 5 mg/kg + xylazine 0.05 mg/kg), group C (propofol 5 mg/kg + ketamine 5 mg/kg), and gro...

The manganese, Zinc and chloride content in milk of West African dwarf (WAD) goats as influenced by stage of lactation was assessed using three WAD does aged 18 months of age, weighing from 19 to 20 Kg. They were kept for lactation studies lasting for two 10-weeks periods. Individual milk samples were taken from each animal daily for the first seven days (colostrums), from day one after parturi...